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Mar 13, 1963
Traditional country singer/songwriter Billy Yates is born in Doniphan, Missouri. He pens the George Jones singles "Choices" and "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
Mar 13, 1962
Piano player Mancel Tierney dies in Big Spring, Texas, following a stroke. A dozen years earlier, he was a member of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys when the band recorded the western-swing landmark "Faded Love"
Mar 13, 1961
Ricky Nelson records his pop hit "Travelin' Man" with Glen Campbell playing guitar
Mar 13, 1961
Chuck Berry, the author of "Johnny B. Goode," is tried in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third time in 13 months for violating the Mann Act, a federal statute designed to combat prostitution. He is ultimately found guilty and given a three-year sentence
Mar 13, 1956
RCA releases Elvis Presley's self-titled first album
Mar 13, 1952
Lloyd Price records "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" at the J&M Recording Studio in New Orleans. Mickey Gilley earns a country hit by remaking it in 1976
Mar 13, 1951
The Southern Baptist Convention buys Ward Belmont College in Nashville. The school opens a music business program in the 1970s, providing a link to the industry for students Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Josh Turner, Brad Paisley and Florida Georgia Line, among others
Mar 13, 1951
Johnny Bond records "Sick, Sober And Sorry" at Hollywood's Radio Recorders
Mar 13, 1950
Columbia releases Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys' "Can't You Hear Me Callin'." The song will become the title of a comprehensive Monroe biography
Mar 13, 1949
Jimmy Wakely supports a former inmate trying to go straight in the western "Gun Law Justice." During the film, Wakely duets with fellow singing cowboy Ray Whitley
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